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    Posted: 15 May 2015 at 1:12am
We just bought a new 171 HRE and have been trying to set up everything. My neighbor and I welded a anti sway bar on the tongue and now I have no interior lights on battery power . They work on shore power . Is it possible I fried the converter by not disconnecting the battery while welding? I do not think the battery is shorted as it shows 13.6v after charging. I visually checked the e 40 amp fuses and they do not look blown. Any ideas where to start? 
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Posts: 38 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 May 2015 at 7:20am
Well, I am a idiot! Apparently there is two sets of red and white leads coming out of the wire bundle at the tongue . The correct set had fallen behind the battery box and nose of the pod and I hooked up the other set. I was looking for a inline fuse that that might had blown and found them. 

The question I have now , is what are the two other leads for? They are smaller diameter than the correct leads , but otherwise look the same? 
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The 2 smaller feeds are for the Zamp solar plug.
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Originally posted by furpod

The 2 smaller feeds are for the Zamp solar plug.
Thanks for that! This forum is great BTW, I have learned (am learning)so much about this trailer and RV's in general as this is my first experience with a TT. Smile
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so im looking at doing some welding on the front lip as well, i was going to disconnect the battery also, but what did you do wronge in blowing fuses? is there something else we need to disconnect, iv welded on car frames and disconnecting the battery is about all you need to do what different about the trailers?
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jun 2015 at 5:37pm
he didn't blow fuses.. he hooked up the wrong pair of cables.
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Posts: 77 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jun 2015 at 6:01pm
ahh i c guess i read it wrong so all that is i need to work on the frame is un plug battery and we are golden?
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Yes. Unplug from shore power also if plugged in..
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